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  • Tips For Hiring a Car For Your Next Travel

    16 November 2020

    Travel is the continuous movement of individuals between different geographical areas. Travel can take place by foot, bike, car, plane, bus, train, horseback, train or any other mode, by carrying or without personal luggage, and could be either one-way...

  • Japan's Minister of Finance supports the UK-EU Brexit deal

    27 December 2020

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan accepted the UK-European Union Free Trade Deal, which negotiators managed to negotiate just days before Brexit came into effect, Minister of Finance Taro Aso said on Friday. "The fact that a broad agreement was reached between...

  • UK statistics record the number of new cases of coronavirus every day, topping 40,000.

    30 December 2020

    LONDON (Reuters) - On Monday, Britain reported 41,385 new COVID-19 cases, a daily high, as a rapidly spreading strain of the coronavirus raises infection rates and the announcement of some new cases has affected the holiday weekend. Within 28 days of...

  • 'I will survive': 2020 slinks as fireworks light abandoned streets into history

    01 January 2021

    (Reuters) -Fireworks exploded into the sky above the Sydney Opera House, but a desolate ghost town was the harbour below, a fittingly eerie send-off that would not be missed for a year. Beijing was not illuminated from the top of the TV tower by any light...

  • UK reactivates COVID-19 emergency clinics, shuts London primary schools

    02 January 2021

    LONDON (Reuters) - In order to tackle the rapid spread of a much more contagious form of coronavirus, Britain reactivated emergency hospitals established at the start of the pandemic and closed primary schools in London on Friday. Over the last four days,...

  • PM Johnson, gaining parliament's backing, says the lockout will be unwrapped cautiously

    07 January 2021

    LONDON (Reuters) - On Wednesday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson won parliament's approval for England's new lockdown after promising lawmakers that schools would be the first to reopen when the tight steps will begin to be "gradually unwrapped."...

  • Scottish fishermen halt EU exports over Brexit delays

    08 January 2021

    LONDON (Reuters) -Many Scottish fishermen have halted exports to European Union markets after post-Brexit bureaucracy added days to their delivery times and hundreds of pounds to the costs of each load. Fishing exporters have told Reuters their businesses...

  • Sunak looking to delay tax rises - The Times

    10 January 2021

    (Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak is expected to delay plans for tax rises until late this year, The Times newspaper reported on Friday, citing a senior government source. The source said the upcoming budget on March 3 was the “wrong time”...

  • UK retailers call for police help to enforce mask rules

    12 January 2021

    LONDON (Reuters) - British retailers called on the police to help enforce the wearing of masks to limit the spread of COVID-19, with two of the biggest supermarkets saying on Monday they would challenge people who were flouting the rules. With infection...

  • Britain's Tesco matches rivals with Christmas sales surge

    14 January 2021

    LONDON (Reuters) - Tesco, Britain’s biggest retailer, on Thursday followed rivals in reporting buoyant Christmas trading, as pandemic restrictions meant people splashed out on celebrations at home. The group said UK like-for-like sales growth was 6.7%...

  • No half steps and mind the gap: More concerns are posed by UK nod for AstraZeneca vaccine

    31 December 2020

    LONDON (Reuters) -British health officials greenlighted the Wednesday shots of AstraZeneca and Oxford COVID-19 but also dismissed one of their key claims: that a half-dose accompanied by a regular dose provided more infection protection. The reassessment...

  • British Airways, easyJet, is forced by UK lockdowns to review flying plans

    06 January 2021

    LONDON (Reuters) - British Airways and easyJet, UK-based airlines, said they were reviewing their plans in response to new national COVID lockdowns, with near definite reductions to already low flying levels. Restrictions on travel due to the pandemic,...

  • UK reports daily record of 1,325 new COVID-19 deaths

    09 January 2021

    LONDON (Reuters) - Britain reported 1,325 new deaths from COVID-19 on Friday, its highest daily figure since the outbreak of the pandemic, with another 68,053 additional cases. The total eclipsed the previous record number of deaths reported on April...

  • Morrisons breaks 10-pounds-an-hour store staff pay barrier

    13 January 2021

    LONDON (Reuters) - Morrisons on Wednesday said it will become the first British supermarket group to pay all its store staff at least 10 pounds ($13.62) an hour. The company, based in Bradford, northern England, said a new pay deal starting in April will...

  • Prince Charles urges business to put planet and people first

    11 January 2021

    LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s Prince Charles will tell businesses on Monday they must put the planet and its people first as he launches a new charter of sustainability backed by some major global companies. The new “Terra Carta” - evoking England’s ancient...

  • U.S. gives final OK for Aer Lingus to join transatlantic joint venture

    25 December 2020

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Aer Lingus, an Irish airline, won final U.S. clearance on Monday to join other major airlines in a transatlantic joint venture. In November, the U.S. Department of Transportation granted Aer Lingus preliminary approval to join the...